CCIE Contract Job Trends in London

Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for CCIE qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 27 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 400 328 336
Rank change year-on-year -72 +8 +83
Contract jobs citing CCIE 29 43 49
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.15% 0.31% 0.30%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.53% 1.23% 1.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 28 31
10th Percentile £363 £404 £350
25th Percentile £413 £469 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £533 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.29% +1.43% +2.94%
75th Percentile £738 £662 £551
90th Percentile £838 £714 £625
England median daily rate £510 £525 £535
% change year-on-year -2.86% -1.87% +7.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £53.75 £38.75
Median hourly rate - £57.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year - +43.75% -
75th Percentile - £61.25 £41.25
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate - £80.25 £40.00
% change year-on-year - +100.63% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
London

CCIE falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 5,499 3,510 3,944
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 27.64% 25.68% 23.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,964 2,377 2,744
10th Percentile £371 £332 £331
25th Percentile £453 £430 £426
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £537 £525 £537
Median % change year-on-year +2.29% -2.28% -2.32%
75th Percentile £638 £659 £650
90th Percentile £728 £750 £775
England median daily rate £525 £525 £538
% change year-on-year - -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 83 83 73
10th Percentile £19.50 £18.15 £17.93
25th Percentile £27.13 £25.02 £22.00
Median hourly rate £54.00 £25.15 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year +114.71% -6.85% -50.91%
75th Percentile £73.00 £43.38 £43.75
90th Percentile £88.75 £63.65 £68.60
England median hourly rate £54.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +114.71% -41.51% -21.82%

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Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing CCIE relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

CCIE job vacancy trend in London

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Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing CCIE.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing CCIE

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Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CCIE in London over the 6 months to 27 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for CCIE in London

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Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing CCIE.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing CCIE

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Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CCIE within the London region over the 6 months to 27 July 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London -18 5 £400 -39.07% 3
South London -13 2 £450 -25.00%
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England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 7 (24.14%) Azure
2 5 (17.24%) AWS
3 3 (10.34%) GCP
4 1 (3.45%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (3.45%) Entra ID
4 1 (3.45%) GitHub
4 1 (3.45%) Google Ads
4 1 (3.45%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 19 (65.52%) Firewall
2 16 (55.17%) WAN
3 14 (48.28%) BGP
3 14 (48.28%) OSPF
4 11 (37.93%) LAN
5 10 (34.48%) VPN
6 9 (31.03%) Network Security
7 8 (27.59%) DNS
7 8 (27.59%) SD-WAN
7 8 (27.59%) VXLAN
8 6 (20.69%) DHCP
9 5 (17.24%) Cisco IOS
9 5 (17.24%) Ethernet VPN
9 5 (17.24%) IOS XR
9 5 (17.24%) MPLS
9 5 (17.24%) Multicast
9 5 (17.24%) Wireless
10 4 (13.79%) HSRP
10 4 (13.79%) IGMP
10 4 (13.79%) VRRP
Development Applications
1 4 (13.79%) Git
General
1 6 (20.69%) Analytical Skills
1 6 (20.69%) Banking
1 6 (20.69%) Social Skills
2 4 (13.79%) Finance
2 4 (13.79%) Public Sector
3 1 (3.45%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (3.45%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 17 (58.62%) Network Engineer
2 6 (20.69%) Architect
3 4 (13.79%) Cisco Engineer
3 4 (13.79%) LAN Engineer
3 4 (13.79%) Network Security Engineer
3 4 (13.79%) Security Engineer
3 4 (13.79%) Senior
4 3 (10.34%) Cloud Engineer
5 2 (6.90%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 2 (6.90%) Cloud Network Engineer
5 2 (6.90%) Cloud Security Engineer
5 2 (6.90%) Lead
5 2 (6.90%) Network Architect
5 2 (6.90%) Senior Cisco Engineer
6 1 (3.45%) Data Centre Architect
6 1 (3.45%) Firewall Engineer
6 1 (3.45%) Juniper Engineer
6 1 (3.45%) Network Security Architect
6 1 (3.45%) Technical Design Authority
6 1 (3.45%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (13.79%) Jinja
2 3 (10.34%) 802.1X
3 2 (6.90%) REST
4 1 (3.45%) eBPF
Miscellaneous
1 9 (31.03%) Data Centre
2 4 (13.79%) Security Posture
3 1 (3.45%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (27.59%) Network Monitoring
2 7 (24.14%) Analytics
3 5 (17.24%) AI
3 5 (17.24%) DevOps
3 5 (17.24%) Infrastructure as Code
3 5 (17.24%) Load Balancing
3 5 (17.24%) Mentoring
4 4 (13.79%) Agile
4 4 (13.79%) CI/CD
4 4 (13.79%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (13.79%) Customer Requirements
4 4 (13.79%) Low Latency
4 4 (13.79%) Network Architecture
4 4 (13.79%) Performance Management
4 4 (13.79%) Performance Tuning
4 4 (13.79%) Predictive Analytics
4 4 (13.79%) Proactive Management
4 4 (13.79%) Zero Trust
5 3 (10.34%) ITIL
5 3 (10.34%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 9 (31.03%) Python
2 2 (6.90%) Lisp
2 2 (6.90%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 29 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 23 (79.31%) CCNP
3 4 (13.79%) CCIE Security
4 3 (10.34%) CCNA
4 3 (10.34%) Security Cleared
5 2 (6.90%) CISSP
5 2 (6.90%) SC Cleared
6 1 (3.45%) CCNA CyberOps
6 1 (3.45%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (3.45%) Degree
6 1 (3.45%) JNCIP
6 1 (3.45%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.45%) QA
System Software
1 4 (13.79%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 10 (34.48%) Ansible
2 3 (10.34%) FortiGate
3 1 (3.45%) Kubernetes
3 1 (3.45%) Terraform
3 1 (3.45%) TrustSec
Vendors
1 20 (68.97%) Cisco
2 12 (41.38%) Fortinet
3 9 (31.03%) Arista
4 4 (13.79%) Zscaler
5 3 (10.34%) F5
5 3 (10.34%) Palo Alto
6 2 (6.90%) Aruba
6 2 (6.90%) Juniper
7 1 (3.45%) Infoblox
7 1 (3.45%) Meraki
7 1 (3.45%) Microsoft
7 1 (3.45%) Splunk